First time shooting tennis and with additional challenges. The weather was cloudy and have to push ISO beyond 1600 to freeze the fast action. Later it was raining and have to pack the camera. A challenge for stamina and passion. The game starts on 4pm and finish at 9pm. In between abt 3 hrs interrupted few times by rain. Long hour play has defeated Eleni Daniilidou. She played in the morning as well to continue yesterday suspended game due to rain as well. I saw her frustrated emotion from my pictures. Ms Hsieh also almost exhausted for the long wait of rain stopping. Many bad comments to organizer since the outdoor play is not suitable for this raining season. Somehow this year is raining more and unpredictable. Jelena Jankovic and Petra Martic match was postponed later that night because of rain, again :(More pictures available at http://on.fb.me/zV5nGf
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Anti Lynas Solidarity Gatherings - Himpunan Hijau 2.0 at Kuala Lumpur
Anti-Lynas groups will rally nationwide this Sunday to pressure Putrajaya to abort the controversial rare earths project in Pahang before the factory fires up operations this year.
An umbrella coalition against the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp), called Himpunan Hijau 2.0, has announced it will be gathering at the Kuantan city council field in the Pahang state capital to demonstrate their unhappiness with the RM2.5 billion project they say poses a health, safety and environment hazard.
A simultaneous rally will take place at Maju Junction mall on Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur.
Lynas won a temporary operating licence from the national radiation regulator, the Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) on January 20.
The Sydney-based miner is looking to break China’s 90 per cent chokehold on the supply of rare earth metals needed to manufacture high-tech products such as smartphones, energy-efficient light bulbs and hybrid cars. Lynas expects to generate some RM8 billion annually from its operations here.
More pictures at http://on.fb.me/xkh7UC
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Thaipusam 2012,m Batu Caves
This year I decide to capture something in wide angle, particularly in fish eye mode. Thaipusam celebration at Batu Caves is colourful, massive crowd and happening. Many foreign tourist will pay visit to Malaysia and I even seen China tourist in the crowd this time - lead by tour guide. The mood and atmosphere is good this time. Last year there was demonstration. Also I didn't pay visit to the cave and I hope to be back next year with some other variety of photos.
More photos and description are available at http://on.fb.me/AyCrGq
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
MotoGP 2011 Pre-season Test at Sepang Circuit
There is a big change in MotoGP 2011 line up. Many riders has make advance to new team such as Valentino Rossi to Ducati (previously Yamaha), Stoner to Repsol Honda (previously Ducati), Toni Elias return to MotoGP class as a Moto2 champion, Ben Spies move from Yamaha Tech 3 to Yamaha Factory team...
All these changes guaranteed an excited and unpredictable new season, especially how good are these riders adapt to their new machine. Hence the pre-season test in Sepang is the most anticipating event, not just an ordinary testing. Will Valentino Rossi who suffer injury in late 2010 come back strong with Ducati in this testing?
The 3 days testing began from 1st to 3rd Feb 2011. All riders are working hard to find the best settings and experiment various combinations. The competition is not done at the finish line instead time factor is everyone biggest challenge. Most of them ride more than 50 laps in a day from 8am till 6pm. Afterwards most mechanics still work late to find the answer for tomorrow. Clearly most team achieve their best lap time in the final day with lot of improvements.
Here is the best lap time sorted by rider.
Marco Simoncelli brought a shocker in final day by 0:02:0.757 on San Carlo Honda Gresini (Honda). The best conclusion for satellite teams, even ahead of the Repsol Honda factory team. He is also the only satellite rider make it to Top 10 fastest lap time. The Top 10 fastest chart is dominate by Honda bikes. And Top 15 lap time is very encourage because all are faster than Lorenzo's pole position in 2010 at Sepang (0:02:1.537).
Most riders improve their best time day by day. Everyone scored their best in day 3 except Dani Pedrosa who made his best on day 2 testing (0:02:0.770). This result also the 2nd place of Top 10 fastest lap time. All three new comers Karel Abraham, Cal Crutchlow and Toni Elias has improved more than 1.5 second since day 1. Same aggressive progression from 'The Doctor' Valentino Rossi which is gaining his physical fitness and lap time simultaneous.
The 2nd pre-season testing will be in Sepang as well from 22nd till 24th Feb 2011. Entry to Grand Stand is free for all.
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